Lesson Plans

Ladino, language of the Sephardic Jews

LADINO, LANGUAGE OF THE SEFARDIC JEWS

Grade of class: middle and junior high
Course lesson taught in: transversal during Spanish language and English language lessons
Category of lesson...

Cross-cultural Cookbook Project

We began by watching Centropa’s film So Memory Doesn’t Die, about Teofila Silberring’s harrowing experience during the Holocaust. She was saved from starvation by a kind family friend who gave...

My Family and My Roots: A Film Project

In the framework of the Roots project, students choose a family member or a Jewish person, and use modern technologies to create a film presenting the story of that person...

The family - The root gives life to a tree. The family gives life to mankind.

Grade of Class:

primary school students aged 11-12 students 13-14 and their parents Number of students in one class: 15 to 17

The familyThe root gives life to a tree...

The NEMESIS Cookbook Project

Students of EC №141 "ORT" participate in CJN Cookbook project. They do their own research and try to make the dish.

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We Remember

Students make a 3-5 minute film that tells the story of a family member.  We start the project by showing Centropa films as models for short films that tell a...

Using Stories to Connect with Jewish History

This lesson asks students to research family history and to create a project that tells the story of his/her family origins. Using the Centropa films about Max Uri and Jozsef...

Food and Family: combining 20th & 21st century Jewish cooking

Students interviewed and took pictures of a relative while they prepared a favorite family recipe. The students then created a PowerPoint presentation that included their relative preparing the dish; background...

History and the Power of Personal Stories

In this family history project, students conduct oral histories with family members with the objective of creating a final project about their family history and understanding how an individual's family...

Preserving Jewish Memory: A Family Education Program

Just as we pass the Torah from one generation to the next at bar and bat mitzvahs, so do we pass family stories dor l’dor (from generation to generation). Stories...

Lo Ta'amod: A Jewish Values Family Education Program

In this family education program, we apply Centropa’s stories from our past to reflect on our values, and translate that learning into action for the present and future. The goal...

Centropa eBook: Ilona Seifert

My grandfather, Bernáat Riemer was born in Obuda. He studied bakery as an apprentice and then became a baker's journeyman. He worked diligently, and later bought the bakery where he had worked...

Centropa eBook: Lily Arouch

"Lily Arouch, 77, has beautiful light blue eyes and wears glasses. She lives in a big apartment in the suburbs of Athens. Since September 2005 she shares her apartment...

Centropa eBook: Rachel Randvee

"Rachel Randvee is not tall; she is an elegantly dressed lady with a lovely, open face. She is very friendly and hospitable and likes talking to people. She lives...

Centropa eBook: Kurt Kotouc

Kurt Kotouc lives in a small apartment in Prague, in a pleasant neighborhood close to the city centre. Mr Kotouc is a very elegant and friendly gentleman who comes...

A place to call home

Using nine Centropa films and one feature length documentary about the Jewish sports club of Vienna, as well as conducting personal interviews, students will examine factors affecting immigration in their...

Family Film Unit